# NTSB LAX86DVM07: Walter D. Burleson KR-2, N50WB, Hollister, CA, September 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1986, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Coordinates: 36.890956, -121.240531 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8910&lon=-121.2405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24869
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86DVM07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24869/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86DVM07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING A FIRST PROVING FLT FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT, THE PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT 'HIT HARD' DURING THE LANDING, BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN ON THE LEFT WING AND NOSE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD ACCRUED LESS THAN AN HOUR OF FLIGHT TIME IN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50WB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50WB-2013-03-26), registration cancelled 2013-03-26, S/N 814, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WALTER D. BURLESON KR-2
- Registry model: [Burleson Walter D KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/burleson-walter-d-kr-2) (registry code 05648VE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 814
- Airframe hours: 5
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-12 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Walter D. Burleson
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, June 28, 1986, 5 hours before
- Departed: 307, HOLLISTER, CA
- Destination: 307, HOLLISTER, CA
- Airport: 307, Hollister Muni, runway 23, 4,350 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 430 total, 1 in this make and model, 365 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860928064109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860928064109A), Sep 28, 1986: Amtr KR2, Hollister, CA, Substantial damage. During first flight of homebuilt aircraft, pilot porpoised and landed hard, damaging the aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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